The second American journalist whose life is being threatened by ISIS militants is Steven Joel Sotloff, who has written for Time magazine and other outlets and disappeared a year ago in Syria. A video obtained by NBC News purports to show an ISIS militant ...

President Barack Obama opted not to do the viral Ice Bucket Challenge but his predecessor was game for it. “To you all who challenged me, I do not think it's presidential for me to be splashed with ice water,” former president George W. Bush says in a video ...

Thousands of Pakistani protesters tried to blockade parliament yesterday after an anti-government cleric told them not to allow anyone in or out, with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif inside at the time, but the lawmakers left by a back entrance. The protesters have ...

An Israeli air strike on a house in the central Gaza Strip killed two Palestinian boys aged 11 and 16 on Wednesday, medics said. According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, the attack happened close to Deir al-Balah in the centre of the ...

In what Missouri Highway Patrol Capt. Ron Johnson called a “turning point” for Ferguson in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the city saw its calmest night of protests as no bullets or tear gas were used. Johnson added that the bottles thrown around ...

Imphal: Irom Chanu Sharmila, an anti-Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) activist who was on an indefinite hunger strike in Manipur for nearly 14 years, walked free on Wednesday after being released from the Jawahar Lal Nehru hospital here.

Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has said, "We will not allow converting Azadi March into 'destruction march'. The Chief Minister said it is unbelievable that any patriotic Pakistani would urge traders, people not to pay tax, bills and asking overseas ...

A humanitarian airlift to northern Iraq began on Wednesday, kicking off a 10-day operation to provide tents and other aid to half a million displaced people who are struggling for survival, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said. A cargo plane from Jordan ...

A humanitarian airlift to northern Iraq began on Wednesday, kicking off a 10-day operation to provide tents and other aid to half a million displaced people who are struggling for survival, United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said. A cargo plane from Jordan ...

Ten days ago, a police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, in broad daylight. Since then, the world has watched a community become engulfed in grief, anger, fear and at times violence. For a family mourning the loss of a son, it has been a profound ...

Twitter has confirmed that it is suspending any account which posts graphic images from the Islamic State video where journalist James Foley is beheaded. The social media site has received criticism from some of its users, as upsetting pictures from the ...

Eighteen Palestinians have been killed and 120 wounded by Israeli strikes across Gaza since the collapse of a temporary truce, medics said on Wednesday (Aug 20). PHOTOS. An Israeli soldier smokes a cigarette as he sits in a large concrete pipe used as a ...

MONROVIA, Liberia -- Security forces deployed Wednesday to enforce a quarantine around a slum in the Liberian capital, stepping up the government's fight to stop the spread of Ebola and unnerving residents. Liberia has the highest death toll of the four ...

THOMAS MULLER has revealed he snubbed a mega-money move to Manchester United to stick with Bayern Munich. The hitman, 24, had been a long-term target for United until he signed a new Bayern contract in June. Muller went on to play a key role in ...

The South Carolina Gamecocks were back at it once again Tuesday night at the Bluff Road “Proving Grounds”. The team has continued its preparations for the opening game in just eight short days against Texas A&M. Check out what happened at practice ...

image ISLAMABAD: Protesters demanding the fall of government blockaded parliament and key ministries Wednesday in the latest round of a week-long political drama that has shaken country. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan and populist ...

Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller insists he has not been tempted by a move elsewhere, despite being offered "astronomical" sums of money. Muller, fresh from another outstanding World Cup for Germany, came through the youth ranks at Bayern and ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHRC) on 19 August 2014 launched one of its biggest ever humanitarian relief and aid operations in Iraq. The operations were launched to help to about 5 lakh internally displaced Iraqis who fled ...

ABIDJAN- The African Development Bank on Tuesday pledged $60 million to help fight the worst-ever outbreak of Ebola which is raging across west Africa. The aid will help authorities in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria to strengthen their ...

A report has revealed that three Ebola-infected doctors who were given doses of the experimental drug last Thursday have shown remarkable signs of improvement. The drug, ZMapp was earlier given to two United States (US) Aid workers infected with the ...